#CC9F2D#CC9F2D

#CC9F2D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.135 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9F2D
RGB	rgb(204, 159, 45)
HSL	hsl(43, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 77.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, 6.01, 61.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 61.89, 84.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% 0.0101 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.135 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7760, 37.8258, 7.7936)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9F2D #2D5ACC

analogous

#CC502D #CC9F2D #AACC2D

triadic

#CC9F2D #2DCC9F #9F2DCC

tetradic

#CC9F2D #2DCC50 #2D5ACC #CC2DAA

square

#CC9F2D #2DCC50 #2D5ACC #CC2DAA

split-complementary

#CC9F2D #2DAACC #502DCC

monochromatic

#685117 #9A7822 #CC9F2D #DBB75B #E6CD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CC9F2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#CC9F2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9F2D

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9F2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9F2D	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9f2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 159, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.135 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bb6f',
    500: '#cc9f2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9f2d;
$custom-light: #e0bb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9f2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.019,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72544,
    "c": 0.13455,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9F2D

secondary

#859AD0

accent

#70E741

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9F2D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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